A #motto to live by in #Ukraine: 'Train to standard, not to time.'https://t.co/OvjckRU9cO

WASHINGTON -- 30 mm rounds break the sound barrier, piercing the icy cold silence of the night. A Ukrainian BMP-2 fighting vehicle fires multiple live rounds in rapid succession. "Hear how fast they're firing? That's what we call silly," says Sgt. Brian Francis, a former cavalry scout who is now deployed to Ukraine as a team leader with Assassin Company, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard. The rate of fire may be "silly," but the training itself is deadly serious. The men who man these machines may have to use them in combat once they complete their training at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Sgt. Ricky Mayes, a native of Duncan, Oklahoma and the master gunner for 1-179, stoically watches the live-fire training from an observation tower. Through Joint Multination...